A Premier League panel has endorsed the decision by Referee Rob Jones and VAR Michael Salisbury that Manchester City midfielder Elliot Anderson did not handle the ball in his side's 5-3 win over Sunderland.

The Black Cats were left furious after the ball struck Anderson’s hand while competing with Enzo Le Fee inside the City penalty area during a breathless second half.

Jones turned away protests and Salisbury refrained from intervening from Stockley Park, which angered Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris.

However, the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents five-person panel backed the original call by a 3-2 majority vote.

Two members of the panel - which consists of three former players and coaches, a Premier League representative and one from Pro Ref - felt Anderson deliberately moved his arm toward the ball.

The panel’s findings read: "The referee’s call of no penalty for a potential handball offence against Anderson was supported, 3:2.

"Both players were engaged and the ball was bouncing at close proximity after deflecting off Le Fee.

"Two panellists felt that there was a deliberate secondary movement of the arm from Anderson that was a handball offence."